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MSN = W&CF = ‘Direct Action’?

Posted on October 20, 2006 by @ndy

Bugger. Leftwrites recently revealed the existence of what at first appeared to be a NEW! IMPROVED! far left groupuscule: the cheekily and highly-inappropriately named ‘Direct Action’. Only I now discover two things: 1) The six former DSP members who (very, … Continue reading →

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Down with DSP Thuggery! Defend Spartacism! (And China! And Cuba! And North Korea! And Vietnam!)

Posted on October 2, 2006 by @ndy

Pistols at dawn? Well, probably not. Recently, in a flyer dated September 5th, the SL (Spartacist League) ‘Condemn DSP Thug Attack on Spartacist Woman at Union Rally’, claiming that a male member of the DSP (Democratic Socialist Perspective) took Spartacist … Continue reading →

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Spartacism… the continuing obsession…

Posted on September 21, 2006 by @ndy

…with a shake of the balaclava in the general direction of Asher: The Communist Workers’ Group CWG originated as the New Zealand Spartacist League (NZSL) [of which the only remnant trace I can find online is here] in 1970 under … Continue reading →

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Anti-Semitism on campus?

Posted on September 7, 2006 by @ndy

Two articles have appeared in The Age recently alleging an increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus, and accusing the ‘far left’ — Socialist Alternative in particular — of engaging in intimidating tactics. The first recapitulates a press release from the … Continue reading →

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Race! War! Deep! Divisions! Dramatic! Surges! (The Daily Terror)

Posted on August 22, 2006 by @ndy

‘City’s new race wars’ Gemma Jones The Daily Terror August 21, 2006 AN outbreak of racial violence is deeply dividing Sydney, with authorities alarmed by a dramatic surge in attacks. The worst have been directed at Jewish Australians in the … Continue reading →

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Reds! Under our beds!

Posted on August 16, 2006 by @ndy

Don’t look now but… there may be a Red under your bed! Well… if you reside at RMIT. As the Herald Sun breathlessly reports: ‘S11 protest leader takes up new career’ Craig Binnie Herald Sun August 4, 2006 THE leader … Continue reading →

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Iron. Lyin’. Zion.

Posted on August 11, 2006 by @ndy

According to Shua Garfield, writing in the DSP‘s Green Left Weakly (#678, August 9, 2006), members of another Leninist group, Socialist Alternative, were confronted at a stall at the University of Melbourne on July 24 by Zionist students, angry over … Continue reading →

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Splitsville UK : Trot Guide 2006 #4.5

Posted on July 25, 2006 by @ndy

The boys and girls of the Trot Guide are no longer alone as the splitsville hits UK… this time arriving at the heart of Workers Power. According to the new mob, called permanentrevolution: On Saturday 1 July 33 members of … Continue reading →

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2006 Trot Guide Update #4.0

Posted on July 3, 2006 by @ndy

Newsflash : Former members of the DSP and losing members of a factional struggle with the current Party leadership (the losers were collectively known as the Leninist Party Faction) make like a banana and form the Marxist Solidarity Network.

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Special Guest Commentary #3.0 : Trot Guide 2006 #3.5

Posted on May 2, 2006 by @ndy

A reader has kindly supplied Trot Guide with the following addition to our account. Warning: This product may contain traces of petit-bourgeois deviationism. And nuts. Random surfing and insomnia led me here, so let’s be clear on these vital issues: … Continue reading →

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